# destacar
## Asturian
### Verb

destacar (first-person singular indicative present destaco, past participle destacáu)
* to state, mention
* to emphasize

#### Conjugation
## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian staccare.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [dəs.təˈka]
* IPA: (Valencia) [des.taˈkaɾ]
* Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

### Verb

destacar (first-person singular present destaco, first-person singular preterite destaquí, past participle destacat)
* (transitive) to detach (create a detachment)
* to stand out
* to emphasize

#### Derived terms

* destacable
* destacament

### Further reading

* “destacar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “destacar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “destacar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “destacar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish destacar, from French détacher, from Old French destachier (“detach”). Cognate with English detach.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /des.taˈka(ʁ)/ [des.taˈka(h)], /d͡ʒis.taˈka(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒis.taˈka(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /des.taˈka(ʁ)/ [des.taˈka(h)], /d͡ʒis.taˈka(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒis.taˈka(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /des.taˈka(ɾ)/, /d͡ʒis.taˈka(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /deʃ.taˈka(ʁ)/ [deʃ.taˈka(χ)], /d͡ʒiʃ.taˈka(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒiʃ.taˈka(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /des.taˈka(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /dɨʃ.tɐˈkaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /dɨʃ.tɐˈkaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /dɨʃ.tɐˈka.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: des‧ta‧car

### Verb

destacar (first-person singular present destaco, first-person singular preterite destaquei, past participle destacado)
* to highlight, to underline
    Synonyms: marcar, sublinhar
    A frase a qual nos referimos está destacada. ― The sentence we refer to is highlighted.
* to detach (or send on detachment)
    Synonyms: separar, tirar
    Por favor, destaque o adesivo. ― Please detach the sticker.
* (reflexive) to stand out (to be noticeable among many)
    Synonyms: sobressair, brilhar, fulgurar
    Destacava-se pelo seu trabalho excepcional. ― He stood out because of his exceptional work.

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### Derived terms

* destaque

### Further reading

* “destacar”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), Porto: 7Graus, 2009–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from French détacher. Compare English detach.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /destaˈkaɾ/ [d̪es.t̪aˈkaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: des‧ta‧car

### Verb

destacar (first-person singular present destaco, first-person singular preterite destaqué, past participle destacado)
* (transitive) to emphasize, to highlight, to stress, to point out, to single out, to underline, to underscore, to bring out, to note
** 2014, Carmen Pereira-Muro, Culturas de España §9.p. 267:En música cabe destacar figuras como el compositor Isaac Albéniz, o el cellista Pau Casals, o al nivel de la cultura popular el grupo de la “Nova Cançó” catalana (Raimon, Joan Manuel Serrat, Lluis Llach, etc.), que reivindicó la canción en catalán en los últimos años de la dictadura.In music, it is worth highlighting people such as the composer Isaac Albéniz, or the cellist Pau Casals, or at the level of popular culture the circle of the Catalan Nova Cançó (Raimon, Joan Manuel Serrat, Lluis Llach, etc.) which reestablished the value of Catalan songs in the later years of the dictatorship.
* (military, transitive) to detach troops
* (intransitive, reflexive) to stand out, to excel, to shine (to make oneself stand out, to distinguish oneself)
    Synonym: sobresalir
* (reflexive) to stand out, to jump out at (+ a) (i.e., to be highly noticeable to)
* (reflexive) to be highlighted, emphasized, stressed, underlined, underscored, pointed out

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Derived terms

* destacable

#### Descendants

* → Portuguese: destacar

### Further reading

* “destacar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Venetan
### Etymology

Compare Italian staccare.

### Verb

destacar
* to remove, separate, etc.
* to unhook, uncouple, disconnect etc.

#### Conjugation

* Venetan conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.